The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Water Hygiene Operative

The closing date is 05 December 2025

Job summary

As part of the role you will be providing planned preventative maintenance on hot, cold and closed water systems to HTM, HSG274 ACOP L8 standards for effective water safety control.

Main duties of the job

Ideally you will have experience of thermostatic mixer valves and taps, be able to carry out water tank inspections and domestic services, water temperature monitoring, water sampling, system flushing, shower head descales /changing, calorifier inspection and assist in de-scaling and disinfection of Calorifiers and cleaning of water storage tanks.

In addition to the above, there will also be planned maintenance activities such as planned upgrade works, refurbishment as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure a safe environment for service users.

You should ideally:

Experience of commercial and complex buildings maintenance, ideally within the NHS
Water Hygiene/Plumbing background - Legionella L8
Excellent customer service skills

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Date posted

26 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£32,199 to £34,876 a year Pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

394-Corp-7604941DT

Job locations

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Pield Heath Road

Uxbridge

UB8 3NN

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Provide Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) on hot, cold and closed water systems to HTM 04 01, HSG 274, ACoP L8, CIBSE TM13 and other applicable standards as required for effective water safety control at Hillingdon site.

2. Maintain the Trusts water systems, and water testing regimes.

3. Be a Competent Person to carry out duties for water safety.

4. Monitoring water systems and ensuring compliance with current HTM 04 01, HSG 274, ACoP L8 and Health and Safety legislation.

5. Carrying out Disinfection & chlorination on both hot and cold-water systems and water system disinfection work using Chemical Injection dosing unit.

6. Carrying out temperature monitoring, conducting routine sampling and analysing water systems.

7. Carrying out remedial plumbing work as and when required.

8. Undertaking maintenance and installation of different water systems.

9. Fault finding, repair and maintenance of the Water systems across sites and report any non-compliance with water regulations.

10. Conduct monthly monitoring & inspections which will involve temperature testing of water outlets, TMVs and TMTs.

11. Clean and disinfect TMVs and TMTs and submit the report on monthly basis according to Planned Preventive Maintenance.

12. Inspection of cold water storage tanks and hot water storage vessels.

13. Inspect and flush pressure vessels according to Planned Preventive Maintenance.

14. Carry out all the remedial works which includes from water sampling, Legionella risk assessment.

15. Undertake and assist in delivery of maintenance tasks.

16. Submitting accurate completion and population of all job sheets with relevant information.

17. Ensure acceptable standards of productivity and workmanship are maintained in the execution of work and any change in assets to be notified through the appropriate channels.

18. Be conversant with Risk Assessments and Method Statements as well as COSHH.

19. To carry and respond to electronic communication systems, PDAs and a hand held Radio.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.